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Haiti Track. Haiti Track. September 30 th , 2010. New York, New York. Introduction ~ Scott Hoffman & Tom Nolan. Welcome to all! Today is a dramatic day of collaboration for the people that have a heart for Haiti. We know where we are. Let’s define together how we want to
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Haiti Track Haiti Track September 30th, 2010 New York, New York
Introduction~ Scott Hoffman & Tom Nolan Welcome to all! Today is a dramatic day of collaboration for the people that have a heart for Haiti. We know where we are. Let’s define together how we want to move forward in the future. The goal is to start a movement for what God’s want to do. >Briefly introduce yourself at your table and share with your peers how you are currently involved with Haiti. Tom Nolan Scott Hoffman Jean Chavanne, Luxon Saint Vilus & Samuel Pierre
Introduction~ Mullery Jean-Pierre Mullery is a senior pastor at Beraca Baptist Church located in Brooklyn NY. Beraca Baptist Church is a predominately Haitian church with about seventeen different nationalities worshiping every week-end. He is the president of Beraca Community Development Corporation (BCDC). BCDC’s mission is “Rebuilding, Reviving and Creating Vibrant Communities. Since the earthquake he has made four trips to Haiti in the central area of Leogane, the epicenter of the earthquake. The BCDC has provided medical and dental care of over a thousand people; food and crisis counseling for hundreds of families. Mullery Jean-Pierre
Introduction~ Paige Strackman “Who Can Compare To You” Paige is the founder of LemonAID for Haiti which was established on one simple, but transformative, notion “that we can all make a difference in the lives of impoverished children in Haiti “ With that in mind, in the summer of 2008, Paige’s three children (ages 11,9 and 4) started a lemonade in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood in Brooklyn. They raised $125 and were able to send 245 pounds of food to help feed children in Port- au-Prince, Haiti. Since then with the support from other children, churches and corporation, LemonAID FOR HAITI has provided: 60,000 meals for children in Port-au-Prince and Jasmel, Haiti. Paige is a former Grammy Award winning Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir soloist. Paige blessed us by singing “Who Can Compare To You”
Introduction~ Felix Augustin : Consul General of Haiti I am a product of the church. I am very pleased and honored to be here. I am grateful for all you are doing for Haiti. You are changing Haiti even though it is almost no where to be found on the map. I am very concern for the people of Haiti. Before Jan 12th, Haiti started to look up and we have to remember that. We have come down again as a country. We have a lot of good people in Haiti working with their friends all over the world. Why should you be involved? Because they are not in my knowledge better people than the people of Haiti! You know that if you understand our history, our art, our culture. We are fun loving people and we love God. We hope that all of you are going to continue to help Haiti. Felix Augustin Felix is a native of Haiti . He has served as Consul General of Haiti since April 2004. His passion is to see a better Haiti with an improved political system under a true democratic government.
Haiti Overview History To Present Day ~ Glenn Smith: Urban Mission for Lausanne My wife and I went to Haiti with World Vision a long time ago. I have received so much because of my relationship with the Haitian people and the church. How are we going to serve the Haitian people in this time of crisis. What are their needs? In the mind of appreciative inquiry let’s start by creating a context by making a historical Portrait of Haiti: Haiti is an Island, It was divided around 1697 between the French (Haiti means mountain.) 1804 is the second independence day, but then it was put in an embargo by the French, the united Stated, and Great Britain so the countries would get back from it what they had invested in it. Haiti was caught in the middle with The United States and Cuba. -> “C’est le temps que ca change” said Jean Paul II when he visited Haiti in 1986. The past 20 years have been years of political chaos that have affected all the people of Haiti. The economy has been stagnant for a long time. We have this troublesome way to define poverty in an economic way but poverty is about relationship. It is how relationship gets affected. Haiti has a big malnutrition problem which affect the increase of the birth rate. Western Union transfer back to Haiti more than 1 Billion dollars! Haiti is one of the most corrupt place in the world. The Creole language is very passive as a language. Voodoo plays a big part too in the culture of the island. A place in Haiti is the Island. Local place is not a category in the social economics. We need to plan new infrastructure seriously before we start rebuilding. Emergency relief kills the Haitian leadership (as they do not speak English.) We must not loose the vision of community development. Glenn Smith Glenn is the Executive Director of Christian Direction in Montreal. He is a professor of urban theology and missiology at two Protestant faculties in Montreal. He has authored several books and numerous articles on urban mission.
3 Best Ideas ~ Report Table 1 Strong leaders and community sense are already in place. Table 2 Increase of cooperation between org & volunteers Table 3 People are resourceful. Deepening in Spirituality Table 4 Incredible potential in Haiti children. Serious openness to the Gospel and lots of vibrancy. New education plan is in progress!
3 Best Ideas ~ Report Table 5 Stop the corruption issue. Government can be part of the solution. Discipleship can be a plan to bring hope in Christian Haitian leaders. Table 6 The Church can do a better job in helping. There is togetherness that is happening. Gathering of leaders. Table 7 creation of Haiti 1: Vision that focuses on existing capacities that already exist. Haiti has received a lot of the world attention: increase the transparency and accountability. Sustainable economic development. Table 8 Expectations from the Haitian people that this will be long term solution. For the first time they are looking at Haiti at a place for the future. Haitians are responsible and have leadership. We need to bank on that. The attention of the western world is on Haiti so we can not fail. Bill Clinton told us : “It is time to work yourself out of a job”
3 Best Ideas ~ Report Table 9 Positive partnership between Haitian churches and American churches. The hope of the humanity is with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Table 10 Gospel has double in size. Micro Enterprise is essential in Haiti - it starts at dawn till dusk. People already have ways to make do and we have to follow their lead. No one will care about what until we care about the people. Table 11 We talked about retired folks to go to Haiti and help train people. One of the Haitian way to pray is to pray out loud together. We want to get individual churches to know what are the needs are so we can serve them better in Port au Prince and on the rest of the Island too.
Things better accomplished together ~ Report Table 1 The Lord gave us a blank slate with Haiti. There is a need to connect for all of us to pursue what we started. Table 2 We need to address training and counseling. We want to listen to the local churches and add onto what they already are doing. Table 3 The importance of collaboration and communication: Property rights are not existing, The Constitution does not allow for land ownership outside of Haiti. Table 4 Ning is a social network that could be used before Haiti 1 gets online. The Haiti Election need to be successful to keep the fund coming in. We need leaders of integrity that are willing to speak about difficult issues. Develop a better plan for NGO so we can show that we have a purpose. www.haitimovement.ning.com
Things better accomplished together ~ Report Table 5 The Church is the hub of the community. Focus on Education and Micro Finance Table 6 Creating a Clearing house ministry . We don’t need to reinvent the wheel every time. Maximize people enthusiasm. Table 7 Empower the people especially the woman as they are the heart of the household. Table 8 Do an assessment of what is already being done. A long term commitment is key.
Things better accomplished together ~ Report Table 9 Condense 3 biggest ideas and agree on goals. Table 10 We need set some time as organizations to Fast and Pray together. Have access to online database so we can know what people are doing there so we can help better. Educating the younger in leadership as they will be tomorrow’s leader Table 11 Need of a physical base in Haiti.
Closing & Prayer ~ Dennis Baril Everyone in this room has a passion for Haiti and there is thousand of others just like us and we don’t even know the others existed. Haiti needs to stop being a nation of Silos. We need to fix the collaboration and communication issues. The possibilities are enormous. We need to change our broken model. The Leadership Summit in Haiti is on Oct 26-27, 2010: You need to send your leaders to this summit so we can all come together in some huge ways. Jesus let’s unite together so we can improve the economic, the families, the leadership. Guide us and unite us to let your glory shine in the life of a child’s life because there is a possibility!~ Amen ~ Dennis Baril Dennis is the senior Pastor of Community Covenant Church in Rehoboth, MA. His church recognized the need for leadership development within the elite class of Haiti.
